Canucks Daniel Sedin Claims First Art Ross Trophy

Las Vegas - Left wing Daniel Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks received his first Art Ross Trophy, presented "to the player who leads the league in scoring points at the end of the regular season."

Sedin collected an historic win, keeping the Art Ross Trophy in the family by finishing the season with a League-leading and career-high 104 points (41 goals, 63 assists). With twin brother Henrik claiming the award in 2009-10, this marks the first time in League history that brothers have won scoring titles in consecutive seasons. Daniel sparked the League's top-ranked power-play unit by tallying a League-leading 18 goals and 42 points with the man advantage. He also tied for second place amo

ng NHL forwards in plus-minus (+30). Daniel becomes the 10th player in the past 10 seasons to capture the Art Ross, joining Jaromir Jagr in 2001, Jarome Iginla in 2002, Peter Forsberg in 2003, Martin St. Louis in 2004, Joe Thornton in 2006, Sidney Crosby in 2007, Alex Ovechkin in 2008, Evgeni Malkin in 2009 and Henrik last season.